Already building in your community? Apply for a Local Impact Mini Grant of USD $500–$3,000 to support learning, connection and innovation around open payments and digital financial access. Apply today: https://interledger.org/grant/local-impact #Interledger #OpenPayments #FinancialInclusion

🌍 Local ideas can create global impact. Interledger Foundation’s Local Impact Mini-Grants support community-led projects advancing open payments and digital financial access. Grants of USD $500 to $3,000 are available for meetups, workshops, hackdays […] [Original post on interledger.social]

The Open Payments Hackathon is coming to Medellín! 🇨🇴 Build and pitch an open payments prototype in 24 hours, compete for cash prizes, and take your idea further. Apply 👉 https://2fdb7i.share-eu1.hsforms.com/2jG_EQvA5Qo2kGjx04kW6tA Learn more 👉 https://interledger.org/summit/hackathon #ILPHacks

What happens when you turn technical documentation into a shared learning journey? Bibi Souza shares her reflections after running Rafiki Learning Month for the Interledger Foundation community—from what the data revealed about community engagement to why technical learning needs to meet people […]

Access alone doesn't create financial inclusion. As Briana Marbury says, "Financial inclusion is ultimately about trust." New research in Medellín explores how trust and design shape participation. Read more […] [Original post on interledger.social]

Thinking about applying for the Interledger Fellowship? It supports researchers, builders, and advocates working to improve how money moves across networks and expand access to digital financial services. Applications close June 15. Apply […] [Original post on interledger.social]

Open Payments is an open API standard designed to make that easier by enabling payments across wallets, banks, and mobile money platforms through a single integration. Join Open Payments Learning Month with Bibi Souza to explore the API, learn from the […] [Original post on interledger.social]

Developer experience matters. The Interledger Foundation's SDK Grant Program is supporting projects that improve the broader API ecosystem through enhanced OpenAPI security automation, GNAP support, and Arazzo workflow capabilities in Kiota. Congratulations to grantees Henry Andrews, Chris […]

🚀 Applications are now open for the Open Payments Accelerator. Early-stage founders and developers can receive up to $50K in non-dilutive funding and technical mentorship to build interoperable financial services that expand financial access. Apply […] [Original post on interledger.social]

Open Payments brings interoperability to digital payments, similar to how email works across providers. One open standard. One API flow. Fewer custom integrations. Join our free 30-Day Open Payments Learning Month starting June 1 ↓ […] [Original post on interledger.social]

Payments are still fragmented. Open Payments is the open standard built to change that. Join Open Payments Learning Month: 30 days of free, hands-on learning for developers and fintech founders. Starts June 1 ↓ https://insights.interledger.org/open-payments-learning #Interledger #OpenPayments

📣 Join us for the May Interledger Community Call tomorrow (May 13)! Our monthly community calls are a space to connect, learn, and explore what’s next for open payments. Dr Christian Grothoff will present @Taler, a free software payment system designed to enable fast, efficient transactions […]

Experiential learning helps students move beyond theory and into real-world financial innovation. The Dollar Craft Program at Alabama A&M University brings business and engineering students together to design prototypes and explore how digital financial […] [Original post on interledger.social]

Calling developers and open source contributors 👩‍💻👨‍💻 The Open Payments SDK Grant funds projects improving developer tooling, API standards, and SDK generation. 💰 $5K–$50K available 👉 Apply: https://interledger.org/grant/open-payments-sdk #Interledger #OpenPayments

Universities are where the next breakthroughs in payments begin 🎓 Interledger on Campus supports student clubs with up to $5,000 to run hackathons, workshops, and hands-on projects in open payments. 👉 Learn more & apply […] [Original post on interledger.social]

When systems work together, money moves more freely. From M-Pesa to UPI, interoperable payments are making money more connected and accessible. In this blog, Casey Ariel Dike explores what’s possible when systems “talk” to each other. Read more […] [Original post on interledger.social]

Access to financial systems isn’t neutral. It’s shaped by design. Kokayi explores how culture, technology, and finance intersect. Through the Interledger Fellowship, ideas like these move into real-world impact. Apply: https://interledger.org/grant/ambassadors

The 2026 Interledger Fellowship Program is open. 🌍 Selected fellows will receive up to $72,000, join a global community, and spend 12 months advancing open payments and ideas that promote digital financial access. What would you build to make financial […] [Original post on interledger.social]

As part of the work on Fediverse sustainability announced earlier this year, the Social Web Foundation is running our first Fediverse Sustainability Survey . We're seeking operators, moderators and administrators of Fediverse sites, from the smallest to the largest, to fill out the anonymous […]

📢 New 2026 Policy Activation Grantee We’re supporting CTS-FGV (Rio) to research how BRICS countries shape end-user outcomes in national digital payment systems and financial digital public infrastructure. Focusing on Brazil & India first, the project […] [Original post on interledger.social]

Universities are where innovation starts 🎓 Interledger on Campus supports student communities exploring open payments through hands-on learning, from hackathons to research. A chance to connect theory with real-world impact. Learn more 👉 […]

How does interoperability actually work? Interledger is the connective layer that lets value move seamlessly across payment networks. Want to build with open payments? The Developers Portal has specs, tools, tutorials, and real-world guidance. 👉 https://interledger.org/developers/ […]

The Interledger Foundation supports people building open, interoperable payment infrastructure 🌱 The Open Payments SDK Grant funds tools that help money move more freely across networks. Applications are open. 👉 Apply […] [Original post on interledger.social]

What happens when teams focus purely on building? From NFC POS apps to 71ms transactions, Integrations Work Week shows how collaboration drives progress. It’s not just faster payments. It’s better tools and simpler integrations. 👉 […]

We’re funding developers building tools for Open Payments ⚙️ The Open Payments SDK Grant supports projects improving developer experience by enabling SDKs from the OpenAPI spec. 💰 $5K–$50K available 👉 Apply now: https://interledger.org/grant/open-payments-sdk #Interledger #OpenPayments

Open Payments SDK grant program

The Open Payments SDK Grant Program offers $5,000–$50,000 in funding for projects that improve the developer experience of integrating Open Payments into applications and e-commerce platforms. Focused on SDK generation from the OpenAPI specification using tools like Kiota, this program supports scalable, consistent API integrations that reduce technical complexity and accelerate adoption of open payments technology.

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What happens when teams focus purely on building? From NFC POS apps to 71ms transactions, Integrations Work Week shows how collaboration drives progress. It’s not just faster payments. It’s better tools and simpler integrations. 👉 […]

In 2025, Interledger brought Open Payments to Mexico 🇲🇽 4 cities. 4 universities. 500+ students building real solutions. 47 teams at the Mexico City hackathon explored remittances, device-less payments, and more. 🌍 Watch highlights […]

Who should have access to the core infrastructure of money movement — and on what terms? The Interledger Foundation responded to the Federal Reserve’s Payment Account proposal, highlighting how access to settlement systems can support inclusion. 👉 Read […] [Original post on interledger.social]

Open finance requires open infrastructure 🔓 The Interledger Protocol is fully open source — specs, code, and implementations are public and ready to build on. Developers can explore and contribute here: 🛠️ https://github.com/interledger #OpenSource #Interledger

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Open protocol for connecting different payment networks (reference implementation: https://github.com/interledgerjs) - Interledger

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Applications for the Interledger Fellowship open April 1, 2026 🌟 A 12-month program supporting innovators in open payments, interoperability, and financial inclusion. 📅 Apply by June 15 #Interledger #OpenPayments